“There is love like a small lamp, which goes out when the oil is consumed; or like a stream which dries up when it doesn't rain. But there is a love that is like a mighty spring gushing up out of the earth; it keeps flowing forever, and is inexhaustible.””
Quotes by Isaac of Nineveh
“Humility collects the soul into a single point by the power of silence. A truly humble man has no desire to be known or admired by others, but wishes to plunge from himself into himself, to become nothing, as if he had never been born. When he is completely hidden to himself in himself, he is completely with God””
“Dispassion doesn't mean to no longer feel the passions, but to no longer accept them.””
Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian
“Be at peace with your own soulthen heaven & earth will be at peace with you.Enter eagerly into the treasurehouse that is within you,And you will see the things that are in heaven,for there is but one single entry to them both.The ladder that leads to the Kingdomis hidden within your soul…Dive into yourself and in your souland you will discover the stairsby which to ascend.””
“Silence is the mystery of the world to come””
Isaac of Nineveh
Isaac of Nineveh, also known as Isaac the Syrian, was a 7th-century Christian monk and theologian whose writings have had a profound impact on Christian mysticism and spirituality. Born in the region ...